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Just by the way, this is a topic that is very much Been There, Done That

http://www.internettablettalk.com/fo...084#post170084

http://www.internettablettalk.com/fo...536#post169536
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Originally Posted by GeraldKo View Post
Just by the way, this is a topic that is very much Been There, Done That

http://www.internettablettalk.com/fo...084#post170084

http://www.internettablettalk.com/fo...536#post169536
Well, at least I provided a photo so the comparison/contrast has something to hang on. And an actual price.

On the one hand, the D4 is twice the weight. Twice the volume. Three times the price (or six-plus times the price if you're talking N800).

On the other: it has 230,400 more pixels on the screen. 3.3 times faster CPU. 8 times the DDR RAM. 5 times the movie space storage.

I think that Nokia's ability to produce a fabulous web tablet at a price we can afford goes too much unremarked. I'm sure Nokia could make a D4-level device at a D4 price. But then they'd be just one among many. What other manufacturer has matched the Internet Tablet's weight, screen and price?

"More, bigger, faster" has driven computing development since the first microcomputer appeared in the late 1970's. We can ask Nokia for more, bigger, faster too, if we fall under the delusion that the web we want will come with that.

But it won't. It requires the painstaking adherence Nokia has taken to the needs of the walkaround web needs: smaller, lighter, cheaper have to be balanced against the basic "show me everything on the web" requirement.

Nokia seems to be the only company willing to go against the more-bigger-faster trend. I wonder how many of us on this forum would have tablets if the entry device was a $1525 D4?
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Originally Posted by Picklesworth View Post
This is essentially a UMPC with a sliding screen instead of a folding one.
No "essentially" needed — this is a UMPC. Newsworthy for the new CPU, maybe.

But really, this is the handiest comparison device we have. And it behooves us to stop and look at what else is around now and then, so we either ask Nokia to keep up with the competition or we thank Nokia for leading the way.
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To be honest, i don't see the point. for that much money.
More devices trying to be all things to all men.
When roaming gprs streaming comes down to a reasonable cost, or
wimax takes off i don't see a point in much more than the N810.
But i suppose these things drive innovation!
 
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The achilles heel of this sort of device has got to be battery life. I'll wager you'd get about an hour and a half.
 
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Woah.. $1500 eh.. I'd rather buy a compact laptop for that money. For tablet uses, there is this odd cheap thing around.. what's it called again.. oh yeas Nokia Internet TabletS.
 
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@JoeF - Regardless of the battery life, the Achilles heel is still Vista

hmmm while this thing is interesting I'm definitely gonna stick with Nokia I would LOVE it if this inspired Nokia to upgrade the memory and connectivity of their tablet lines a little though Also... $1500? I'll just buy a MacBook thankyouverymuch!
 
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Nokia seems to be the only company willing to go against the more-bigger-faster trend. I wonder how many of us on this forum would have tablets if the entry device was a $1525 D4?
Not me. By the way, you can bring your N800 up to 32GB of storage for $180 (or less) these days. But come on, we don't need that kind of space. After all, we're not running Vista or something!
 
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Nokia seems to be the only company willing to go against the more-bigger-faster trend. I wonder how many of us on this forum would have tablets if the entry device was a $1525 D4?
But the Pandora is more-faster-smaller-cheaper. So what does that tell you about Nokia?
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Not me. By the way, you can bring your N800 up to 32GB of storage for $180 (or less) these days. But come on, we don't need that kind of space. After all, we're not running Vista or something!
Yes I do need that kind of space. I want as much of my data in my pocket, thankyerverrimuch.

Except of course that the Itablet won't let me do very much with that data; it's apparently for surfing only...
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